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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2017

Diabetic Foot Infections: an Update in Diagnosis and Management.

Pinelopi Grigoropoulou, Ioanna Eleftheriadou, Edward B Jude, Nikolaos Tentolouris

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Culturomics Approach to Identify Diabetic Foot Infection Bacteria.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  17. [Treatment of diabetic foot with vaccum sealing drainage combined with transverse tibial bone transport].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Pinelopi GrigoropoulouFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 33 Lakonias Street, 115 27, Athens, Greece.
Ioanna EleftheriadouFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 33 Lakonias Street, 115 27, Athens, Greece.
Edward B JudeDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, UK.
Nikolaos TentolourisFirst Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 33 Lakonias Street, 115 27, Athens, Greece. ntentol@med.uoa.gr.
Laiko General Hospital of Athens · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRTameside Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foot infections are a common problem in patients with diabetes and a risk factor for limb amputation. They occur as a result of skin ulceration, which facilitates penetration of pathogens to deeper tissues. The diagnosis of infection is clinical. Aerobic gram-positive cocci are the most common pathogens. Ulcers which are chronic, preceded by administration of antibiotics and hospitalization or complicated by severe infection are polymicrobial. Antibiotic therapy is initially empiric based on the severity of the infection. Definitive therapy is modified according to the results of the microbiological culture and the response to empiric treatment. The optimal duration of antibiotic therapy ranges from 1-2 weeks for mild infections to 2-4 weeks and even longer for severe infections and osteomyelitis. Surgical consultation should be sought for infections complicated with abscesses, necrotizing fasciitis or osteomyelitis. With appropriate care, infection resolves in about 80-90% of non-limb threatening and in about 60% of severe infections.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial InfectionsBiopsyBone and BonesDiabetic FootHumansRisk FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsChronic ulcersDiabetes mellitusDiabetic foot infectionsOsteomyelitis

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PMID28101794
OpenAlexW2577070791

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